The company was also known for another innovation, the Rail Diesel Car (RDC), also called the “Buddliner” or, more simply, the “Budd Car”: a diesel multiple-unit (DMU), different from those that run ...

New York Central set a new U.S. railroad speed record when jet-powered RDC M-497, dubbed the Pride of the New York Central, ...

The Black Beetle utilized an existing Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC-3) with an added, streamlined front cowling covering the RDC-3’s conventionally blunted nose, and a pair of second-hand General ...

The M-497 Black Beetle was developed by Wetzel in 1966. It was comprised of an existing Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC-3) with an added, streamlined front cowling covering the car's blunt nose ...

The leading Budd RDC unit gets a front camera mounted at Sudbury's Diesel Electric Services before its next trip. (Submitted by Good Earth Productions) The Budd company made about 400 of them ...